News - Festival 2013
News - Festival 2012:
This is the fabulous 'Proyko Proykov' Award
This is the fabulous 'Proyko Proykov' Award from Golden Kuker AnimationFest which Hinterland won for best Eco film. It arrived last week...the perfect Christmas present!
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Best animation movie award for bulgarian "Trip"
The Bulgarian animation film “Trip” by the directors Radostina Neykova and Vladislav Budinov won Best Animation Movie Award at SEE a Paris South East European Film Festival’2012.
source: www.filmmakersbg.org
Sunday / Dimanche running for an Oscar 2012
Dimanche“After mass, the family gathered at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, as they did every Sunday. With everyone talking at once, it sounded like a family of crows cawing while perched on hydro lines. The town factory has close its doors and, naturally, the adults can’t stop fretting about their money problems. On this particular Sunday, one of the village boys places a coin on the train tracks. Imagine his astonishment when, picking up the coin after a train has run over it, he discovers some amazing changes.”
Patrick Doyon, director of the Oscar-nominated animated short “Sunday” and co-producer Marc Bertrand (Jury at the 2nd edition of IAFF Golden Kuker in 2011) talk about the film.
ДЕН НА НАЦИОНАЛЕН ТРАУР!
Днес е ден на национален траур в памет на жертвите от водната стихия, която порази България.Българският Червен кръст, съвместно с трите мобилни оператора, активираха кратък номер 1255 за дарения чрез SMS за пострадалите от наводненията. Стойността на всяко дарение е 1.20 лв. с ДДС, съобщиха от пресцентъра на БЧК.
МФАФ “Златен Кукер – София” се включва в акцията съвместно с арт-център ФотоСинтезис и БЧК и ще осигури кутия за събиране на средства за пострадалите, по време на безплатните прожекции в арт-кафето на ФотоСинтезис всяка сряда на месец февруари, а през останалото време кутията ще бъде на разположение на касата на магазина на ФотоСинтезис на 1 етаж на бул. “Васил Левски” №57
Средства се набират и по банкова сметка, поместена на интернет страницата на организацията www.redcross.bg
Български Червен кръст
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Може да се направи и онлайн дарение на Интернет страницата на организацията (www.redcross.bg).
Правителството вчера обяви 8 февруари 2012 г. за поклон след трагичната гибел на български граждани при наводнението на с. Бисер, област Хасково. Националният флаг на държавните институции е свален наполовина. Тридневен траур в памет на загиналите жители на община Харманли по време на бедствието в село Бисер бе обявен със заповед на кмета на Община Харманли Михаил Лисков. Отменят се всички планувани празнични мероприятия на обществени места на територията на общината. Осем са жертвите на водното бедствие, което удари хасковско. Данните бяха обявени официално от областната администрация.
В харманлийското село Бисер загиналите са четирима.
източник: actualno.com
News - Festival 2011:
16.11.2010 Golden Kuker 2011
Golden Kuker 2011 will be held from 28.09.2011 to 02.10.2011 in Sofia. Expect more details about the upcoming event.
Golden Kuker 2011 will be held from 28.09.2011 to 02.10.2011 in Sofia. Expect more details about the upcoming event.
In the 31-st edition of the Annual Genie Awards, Bulgarian
animator living in Montreal, Canada – Theodore Ushev was
given the award for Best Animated Short Movie for his
extraordinary film "Lipsett Diaries". Way to go, Teddy!
On February 24, 2011, at cinema “Odeon”, was held a free
screening of selected and awarded animated films of the
first edition of the International Animation Film Festival
"GOLDEN KUKER – Sofia” 2010.
On October 1, 2011 from 19h. in Hall 13 at the cinema
ARENA-WEST will be held master class
animation entitled "Stereoscopic 3D Movies" by
Canadian producer - MARC BERTRAND
from National Film Board of Canada.
Оn 27 September @ 6:30 p.m. WORKSHOP+EXHIBITION
event with many prizes at art center "Photosynthesis",
located on 57 Vasil Levski boul. in Sofia.
News - Festival 2010:
This is the fabulous 'Proyko Proykov' Award from Golden Kuker AnimationFest which Hinterland won for best Eco film. It arrived last week...the perfect Christmas present!
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16.08.2010 The Selection
The Selection Committee made its choice:
Competition programme: 80 films from 26 countries
Films to 10 minutes: 20
Films from 10 to 25 minutes: 13
Films from 25 to 50 minutes: 1
Films over 50 minutes (feature films): 2
Episodes from TV series: 8
Children films: 13
First films: 17
Commercial films (advertising or music videos): 6
Out of Competition (Information programme): 28 films
Films to 10 minutes: 13
Films from 10 to 25 minutes: 2
Episodes from TV series: 3
Children films: 3
First films: 5
Commercial films (advertising or music videos): 2
Members of the Selection Committee:
Prof. Alexander Grozev - Bulgaria
Turgut Akacik - Turkey
Vitko Boyanov - Bulgaria
The Selection Committee made its choice:
Competition programme: 80 films from 26 countries
Films to 10 minutes: 20 Films from 10 to 25 minutes: 13 Films from 25 to 50 minutes: 1 Films over 50 minutes (feature films): 2 Episodes from TV series: 8 Children films: 13 First films: 17 Commercial films (advertising or music videos): 6Out of Competition (Information programme): 28 films
Films to 10 minutes: 13
Films from 10 to 25 minutes: 2
Episodes from TV series: 3
Children films: 3
First films: 5
Commercial films (advertising or music videos): 2
Members of the Selection Committee:
Prof. Alexander Grozev - Bulgaria
Turgut Akacik - Turkey
Vitko Boyanov - Bulgaria
23.08.2010 Letter from Paul Driessen
Dear organizers of The Golden Kuker Festival, I'm delighted to hear that Kaj's and my film "The 7 Brothers" will be shown in your competition program. Wishing you a very animated festival (and hoping that "The 7 Brothers" do well, of course),
Sincerely,
Paul Driessen
Dear organizers of The Golden Kuker Festival, I'm delighted to hear that Kaj's and my film "The 7 Brothers" will be shown in your competition program. Wishing you a very animated festival (and hoping that "The 7 Brothers" do well, of course),
Sincerely,
Paul Driessen
15.09.2010 Award statuette projects
Award statuette "The Kuker" is created by famous sculptor Lyudmil Blajev, who presented the two projects.
Award statuette "The Kuker" is created by famous sculptor Lyudmil Blajev, who presented the two projects.
30.09.2010 Press conference
07.10.2010 The Catalogue
Catalogue of the festival is printed already. It presents information about the participating films and their creators. You can see it here:
There are posters too:
Catalogue of the festival is printed already. It presents information about the participating films and their creators. You can see it here:
There are posters too:
14.10.2010 Round Table in the Bulgarian National Radio within the Festival Framework
Today, within the framework of Gold Kuker Festival of animated cartoons, a round table has been carried out on the premises of the Bulgarian National Radio on the topic “Using Art for the Purposes of Education”. Representatives of various institutions, as well as creators, have discussed the way of combining art with education. During Artefir (Art in the Ether) Broadcast, Beloslava Dimitrova has suggested to us two opinions of the topic: Marieta Radoulova, a representative of Parents Association, has said: “We consider art a very important self-expression that children have been demonstrating since their earliest age. We want art to be a large constituent of the syllabi in all subjects, so that children are taught to think and create. We have presented at the round table a method we have developed. It includes art-related topics we enter school with. We discuss together with children, thus extracting their potential. Our idea is that children should realize the fact that they can be creators. The role of animation is substantial. However, parents should look out for the epistles of the films their children watch.” Nadya Petrova, author of children’s stories: “I am convinced of that raising children in the spirit of art should start as early as they are at home. The most precise way of doing this is by means of the story. It makes the child enter the scene of the particular action, thus sympathizing with what is going on with the characters. In this way, children also learn a lot of details about art. This is a long but useful and necessary process.”
Source: bnr.bg
Today, within the framework of Gold Kuker Festival of animated cartoons, a round table has been carried out on the premises of the Bulgarian National Radio on the topic “Using Art for the Purposes of Education”. Representatives of various institutions, as well as creators, have discussed the way of combining art with education. During Artefir (Art in the Ether) Broadcast, Beloslava Dimitrova has suggested to us two opinions of the topic: Marieta Radoulova, a representative of Parents Association, has said: “We consider art a very important self-expression that children have been demonstrating since their earliest age. We want art to be a large constituent of the syllabi in all subjects, so that children are taught to think and create. We have presented at the round table a method we have developed. It includes art-related topics we enter school with. We discuss together with children, thus extracting their potential. Our idea is that children should realize the fact that they can be creators. The role of animation is substantial. However, parents should look out for the epistles of the films their children watch.” Nadya Petrova, author of children’s stories: “I am convinced of that raising children in the spirit of art should start as early as they are at home. The most precise way of doing this is by means of the story. It makes the child enter the scene of the particular action, thus sympathizing with what is going on with the characters. In this way, children also learn a lot of details about art. This is a long but useful and necessary process.”
Source: bnr.bg
15.10.2010 Creative Discussion
A creative discussion is taking place in Matty Hall of the National Palace of Culture on 15 October 2010, within the festival framework.
Young animators have shared their opinions of this event:
"Gold Kuker Festival is a wonderful opportunity for us to get acquainted with works of colleagues from all over the world. I do hope that it will keep on existing and attracting more and more appreciators of this art, as well as that I will very soon take part in it as an author"
Yoanna Aleksandrova,
student of animation, New Bulgarian University
"Gold Kuker Festival is the expected triumphant revival of the art of animation in Bulgaria. It is a sublime, solemn moment for young talent presenting their production from all over the world. For me, as a young animator artist and illustrator, it was a privilege and a reality hoped for to experience the beauty of the really difficult, but very satisfying, amazing art of animation! A meeting of Good, magic, new ideas and the power of free, creative thought is Gold Kuker Festival 2010."
Ivan Bogoev,
student of animation and illustration, New Bulgarian University
"I thank the organizers of and the participants in this festival for making me believe that animation in Bulgaria has not only significant importance but bright future as well, where my colleagues and myself will be very important as creators and authors."
Stoyan Bashalov,
student of animation, New Bulgarian University
A creative discussion is taking place in Matty Hall of the National Palace of Culture on 15 October 2010, within the festival framework.
Young animators have shared their opinions of this event:
"Gold Kuker Festival is a wonderful opportunity for us to get acquainted with works of colleagues from all over the world. I do hope that it will keep on existing and attracting more and more appreciators of this art, as well as that I will very soon take part in it as an author"
Yoanna Aleksandrova,
student of animation, New Bulgarian University
"Gold Kuker Festival is the expected triumphant revival of the art of animation in Bulgaria. It is a sublime, solemn moment for young talent presenting their production from all over the world. For me, as a young animator artist and illustrator, it was a privilege and a reality hoped for to experience the beauty of the really difficult, but very satisfying, amazing art of animation! A meeting of Good, magic, new ideas and the power of free, creative thought is Gold Kuker Festival 2010."
Ivan Bogoev,
student of animation and illustration, New Bulgarian University
"I thank the organizers of and the participants in this festival for making me believe that animation in Bulgaria has not only significant importance but bright future as well, where my colleagues and myself will be very important as creators and authors."
Stoyan Bashalov,
student of animation, New Bulgarian University
17.10.2010 DECISION OF THE JURY
Today October 17, 2010, we, the undersigned members of the Jury of the International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker – Sofia 2010: Varga Csaba (Hungary), Nadezhda Marinchevska (Bulgaria) and Zlatin Radev (Bulgaria), decided to award the films participating in the Competition Programme of the Festival, as follows:
„The Kuker” Grand Prize for Best Animated Film is awarded to
Fellinicitta
Director: Andrey Tsvetkov
Producer: TF & P Animation (Bulgaria)
„Proyko Proykov” Special Prize for Best Children Film is awarded to
Listen to Me
Director: Elena Rogova
Producer: Amix Film Studio Ltd. (Hungary)
The Prize for Best Film to 10 minutes is awarded to
Anna Blume
Director: Vessela Dantcheva
Producer: Ebele Okoye (Germany, Bulgaria)
The Prize for Best Film from 10 to 25 minutes is awarded ex aequo to
Stanley Pickle
Director: Victoria Mather
Producer: Justine Watson (United Kingdom)
and to
Duck, Death and the Tulip
Director Matthias Bruhn
Producer TrickStudio Lutterbeck GmbH (Germany)
The Prize for Best Film from 25 to 50 minutes is not awarded
The Prize for Best Film over 50 minutes (feature film) is not awarded
The Prize for Best Film – Episode from TV Series is awarded to
Poor Old Rover
Director: Anastasia Sokolova
Producer: Studio M.I.R. (Russia)
The Prize for Best First Film is awarded to
Toy Angel
Director: Zalina Bideeva
Producer: Studio Centre of National Film (Russia)
The Prize for Best Commissioned Film is awarded to
After the Rain
Director: Francois Vogel
Producer: Drosofilms (France)
The Prize for Best „Green” Film on Environmental Topics is not awarded
The Prize for Best Film Created by an Independent European Author was awarded to
Stretching
Director: Francois Vogel
Producer: Drosofilms (France)
The Prize for Best Film Created on the Balkans is awarded to
My Way
Directors: Svjetlan Junakovic, Veljko Popovic
Producer: Bold Studio Zagreb (Croatia)
A Special Mention for Educational Film is awarded to
How to Cross the Street
Director: Dalibor Rajninger
Producer: Dalibor Rajninger (Bulgaria)
Today October 17, 2010, we, the undersigned members of the Jury of the International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker – Sofia 2010: Varga Csaba (Hungary), Nadezhda Marinchevska (Bulgaria) and Zlatin Radev (Bulgaria), decided to award the films participating in the Competition Programme of the Festival, as follows:
„The Kuker” Grand Prize for Best Animated Film is awarded to
Fellinicitta
Director: Andrey Tsvetkov
Producer: TF & P Animation (Bulgaria)
„Proyko Proykov” Special Prize for Best Children Film is awarded to
Listen to Me
Director: Elena Rogova
Producer: Amix Film Studio Ltd. (Hungary)
The Prize for Best Film to 10 minutes is awarded to
Anna Blume
Director: Vessela Dantcheva
Producer: Ebele Okoye (Germany, Bulgaria)
The Prize for Best Film from 10 to 25 minutes is awarded ex aequo to
Stanley Pickle
Director: Victoria Mather
Producer: Justine Watson (United Kingdom)
and to
Duck, Death and the Tulip
Director Matthias Bruhn
Producer TrickStudio Lutterbeck GmbH (Germany)
The Prize for Best Film from 25 to 50 minutes is not awarded
The Prize for Best Film over 50 minutes (feature film) is not awarded
The Prize for Best Film – Episode from TV Series is awarded to
Poor Old Rover
Director: Anastasia Sokolova
Producer: Studio M.I.R. (Russia)
The Prize for Best First Film is awarded to
Toy Angel
Director: Zalina Bideeva
Producer: Studio Centre of National Film (Russia)
The Prize for Best Commissioned Film is awarded to
After the Rain
Director: Francois Vogel
Producer: Drosofilms (France)
The Prize for Best „Green” Film on Environmental Topics is not awarded
The Prize for Best Film Created by an Independent European Author was awarded to
Stretching
Director: Francois Vogel
Producer: Drosofilms (France)
The Prize for Best Film Created on the Balkans is awarded to
My Way
Directors: Svjetlan Junakovic, Veljko Popovic
Producer: Bold Studio Zagreb (Croatia)
A Special Mention for Educational Film is awarded to
How to Cross the Street
Director: Dalibor Rajninger
Producer: Dalibor Rajninger (Bulgaria)
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